What's New
2024 MTA Board of Directors Nominated
For consideration to Board Membership in 2024, the following members have been nominated for office. Anyone else interested in joining the Board are welcome to be nominated. Just notify any Board Member of the position you are interested in and you will be added to the list. The vote will be held during the annual Membership Meeting at the Holiday Party in December 2023
President: Susan Goodman
Vice President: Warren Garrison
Secretary: Bruce Williams
Treasurer: Kenny Goodman
Webmaster: Warren Garrison
Events Commissioner: Kenny Goodman
Membership Chair: Kevin Stewart
Archivist: Hans Boerner
Hot Courts Coordinators: Hans Boerner and Jeffery Gomez
Parking Lot Chairperson: Rendell Camacho
Members-at-Large: Kevin Hill, Christine Kizziah and Wayne Lippman
MTA Donates to Montclair Village Plaza
A couple of years ago, MTA made a donation in support of the design and construction of the new Montclair Village Plaza on Antioch Court between Mountain Boulevard and Antioch Street, less than ½ mile south of our home courts (Mountain @ Colton). Benefits to the community include:
Improve safety on roadways for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers
Support small businesses and promote foot traffic and commerce
Live music, community gatherings, and cultural events
Construction has been completed, and MTA’s commemorative brick has been installed in the new brick patio right outside Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt on the corner of Mountain Blvd and Antioch Court. We hope you’ll take a look the next time you’re in the area!
Board Meeting Summary
November 2023
Minutes of the October Meeting were not approved as there there was not a quorum at the beginning of the meeting
Membership reported 2 new members with a total of 60 for the 2023 year
Archivist had nothing to report. Hans is doing research to determine a better way to handle archiving
Parking Lot - nothing
There was considerable discussion re: the Holiday Party details. This will
be held at Davie Tennis Stadium in the clubhouse space. We have it reserved
from 6:00 - 9:00 on Saturday December 2nd. We decided that the general
theme of the party would focus around games. Dinner was proposed by Susan
to come from options provided by Koja Kitchen. These would be Korean bowls
with beef, chicken or vegetarian main ingredients and customized sides when
ordering. They would be delivered to Davie at the time of dinner.
Additionally we would have appetizers prior to dinner being served with
wine, beer and sparkling water along with some form of dessert from Costco.
Susan reported that she has signed a "final" revised agreement with the City
of Oakland. We are still waiting for the City to sign the same document.
There are a few more insurance papers they are requiring which Susan is
working with Gail McMillon (acting on behalf of Dana Riley) to resolve.
Pursuant to Susan's email regarding the proxy vote for USTA Board member
elections we had 6 ayes, 1 abstained and 1 no-response. The paper work was
mailed to USTA Norcal to reflect our decision to allow the Secretary to vote
on our behalf.
Kenny reported on past events. Bruce Williams hosted our last event of
mixed doubles. There were 9 players with two rounds of 4 games and 3 rounds
of 8 games. Generally lots of tennis non-stop and everyone had a good time.
Kevin reported on the Montclair Team Tennis event. There were 9 players as
well and despite Kevin's team not being able to win the event everyone had
fun. Kevin agreed that the format was good and that he would be willing to
host a couple more next year.
Our final playing event of the year will be the Turkey Tournament hosted by
Kenny. Currently there were 8 folks signed up but as of the time of
recording these minutes there are now10 participants. This event will be
held on November 18th.
There was no additional topics by the participants and Susan adjourned the
meeting at 8:29
Minutes were taken by Kenny Goodman in absenteeism of secretary Bruce Williams
MTA Board Meetings
MTA Board of Director meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the first Wednesday of at least every other month (at least for now, meetings are held via online video), with special meetings held on an as-needed basis as required by the organization's needs. Non-board members are welcome to attend; please email info@montclairtennis.org for details and an invite.
Every December, MTA holds an annual General Membership Meeting, where we recap the outgoing year, look forward to the next year, and accept nominations for and then vote in the next year's MTA Board of Directors.